Snickers Bar Cheesecake

This cheesecake gets rave reviews everywhere I take it. It tastes like it comes from an expensive restaurant and is sure to impress your family and friends!

Crust Ingredients:
35 Oreo cookies
4 T butter melted & cooled slightly
2 T water
1/4 C sugar


Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Cover bottom (outside) of a 10 inch springform pan tightly with aluminum foil to catch cookie drippings.
3. Using a food processor, finely crush all of the cookies.
4. Add the melted butter, water and sugar to the cookie crumbs and continue processing until mixture is well blended.
5. Turn the cookie mixture out into the pan and using fingers, gently work the cookie mixture until the bottom of the pan is covered. Cover 1 inch up the sides.
6. Bake for only 5-7 minutes (or crust will get too hard). If crust rises, use the bottom of glass to press down, set aside to cool.

Filling Ingredients:
3 - 8oz. packages cream cheese at room temperature (softened)
2 eggs
8 oz (3/4 C) sour cream
1 C sugar
1 1/2 C semi-sweet chocolate chips
5 full-size Snickers bars coarsely chopped

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Using large bowl and electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until it is light and fluffy.
3. Add 1 egg and mix well. Add second egg and mix well.
4. Add sour cream and sugar.
5. Gently fold in chocolate chips and chopped snickers bars.
6. Pour batter into crust and spread the mixture out from the middle to all sides.
7. Place spring-form pan, still covered with foil on the bottom, into oven and bake 65 minutes.
8. Transfer to rack and to cool. Place a piece of plastic wrap on top to cool and refrigerate over night.

Glaze Ingredients:
1 C. chocolate chips
2 T butter
5 oz. whipping cream

Directions:
1. Melt chocolate, butter and 1/3 of whipping cream in double boiler or microwave.
2. Stir until smooth off of the heat.
3. Stir in remaining whipping cream.
4. Use sharp knife and run around pan. Release and remove cheesecake onto serving dish.
5. Pour glaze over entire cake.
6. Refrigerate at least 1 hour, preferably longer (2-3 hours) before serving.